Arabic vocabulary
يَنْبُوgrow dull in Arabic
يَنْبُو is how you say “grow dull” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَصَارِمًا لَا يَنْبُو
And a keen blade that does not grow dull.
يَنْبُو — grow dull. A present-tense verb 'it grows blunt / glances off', with its 'it' subject (the blade) inside, negated to 'that never grows dull'. The clause qualifies the indefinite 'blade' before it. So the metaphor is a sword that keeps its edge.
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